WACCM with a slab ocean

[bethproedrou@gmail_com]

Hello everyone,Is it possible to run WACCM with a slab ocean, and active land? The ice components are not important for my simulation. And if yes how can I set it up. I am currently using F_2000_WACCM with CESM 1.0.4. Thank you in advance for you help,Beth

 

[mmills]

We have no WACCM compsets with slab ocean. There is little benefit computationally to using a slab ocean versus using a full ocean with WACCM, since WACCM would be the major computational cost in either case. To run with a slab ocean, you would need qfluxes from a coupled simulation fairly close to the one you want to run with a slab ocean. I have not run CESM with a slab ocean myself.

 

[mmills]

We have no WACCM compsets with slab ocean. There is little benefit computationally to using a slab ocean versus using a full ocean with WACCM, since WACCM would be the major computational cost in either case. To run with a slab ocean, you would need qfluxes from a coupled simulation fairly close to the one you want to run with a slab ocean. I have not run CESM with a slab ocean myself.

 

[bethproedrou@gmail_com]

Thank you for the information Mr Mills.The reason I want to use a slab ocean is that it would reach a stable state after a change in the radiative forcing much faster than a full ocean. Do you know if it would be possible to create a new compset which uses a WACCM atmosphere (taken for example from the F_2000_WACCM compset) and the slab ocean module from an L_2000 compset and then run until the model reaches a steady state? I am working on a tidally locked Earth-like planet simulation.If it is indeed possible, could you tell me which code settings should I change? Is there a guide about it somewhere? Beth

 

[bethproedrou@gmail_com]

Thank you for the information Mr Mills.The reason I want to use a slab ocean is that it would reach a stable state after a change in the radiative forcing much faster than a full ocean. Do you know if it would be possible to create a new compset which uses a WACCM atmosphere (taken for example from the F_2000_WACCM compset) and the slab ocean module from an L_2000 compset and then run until the model reaches a steady state? I am working on a tidally locked Earth-like planet simulation.If it is indeed possible, could you tell me which code settings should I change? Is there a guide about it somewhere? Beth